August 05, 2014

Apple Files for HealthKit Trademark in the US and Europe

On August 05, the US and European Trademark Offices published trademark filings for "HealthKit." The US filing notes that Apple officially filed for their trademark on July 31 while filing it Europe yesterday. Of the two filings, it's Apple's European filing that extends their International Classes and in return provides much meatier descriptions of what HealthKit is to cover, including hardware like watches.The trademark filings are for the text HealthKit and not the logo at this time. Report Updated Aug.6, 5am PST.

Apple's Trademark Application In-Part for "HealthKit"

According to US Patent and Trademark Office's documentation, the trademark was filed under the sole International Class 009 which covers "computer software used in developing other software applications; application development software." That's as generic a description as it could possibly be.

In Europe, however, Apple filed their trademark under International Class 009 but also under three additional International Classes which are far more insightful as to what Apple wants protection for, as noted in detail below:

Apple asserts a claim of priority based on Trinidad and Tobago application number 47870 filed on 02/04/2014. UPDATE Aug 6, 2014: Apple filed for the HealthKit trademark in China today under number 303089755.

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